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The values of bureaucracy

Title
The values of bureaucracy / edited by Paul du Gay.
Publication
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

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Additional Authors
Du Gay, Paul.
Description
xiv, 345 pages; 24 cm
Summary
"This book describes and analyzes the impact of contemporary programmes of organizational reform in the public and private sectors on bureaucratic structures. It aims to show how and why bureaucratic forms of organization have a vital role in ordering our political, social, economic, and cultural existence"--Provided by publisher.
Subject
  • Bureaucracy
  • Organizational change
  • Organizational Innovation
  • Bürokratie
  • Verwaltung
  • Wandel
  • Organisationswandel
  • Bureaucratie
  • Organisatieverandering
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Bureau as unit of governance / Charles T. Goodsell -- Bureaucracy and liberty / Paul du Gay -- Bureaucracy and the controversy between liberal interventionism and non-interventionism / Thomas Armbruster -- Bureaucracy at work / Paul Thompson and Mats Alvesson -- Beyond the iron cage? / Michael Reed -- Bureaucracy and beyond / Graeme Salaman -- Service to the public / Paul Hoggett -- Bending bureaucracy / Janet Newman -- Performing for the public / John Clarke -- What is best 'value'? / Daniel Miller -- Gender equity -- a bureaucratic enterprise? / Yvonne Due Billing -- bureaucracy, open access, and social pluralism / Antonino Palumbo and Alan Scott -- Popularity of bureaucracy / Mike Savage.
ISBN
  • 0199275459
  • 9780199275458
  • 0199275467
  • 9780199275465
  • 9780191556982 (canceled/invalid)
  • 019155698X (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2004025238
OCLC
  • ocm56894488
  • 56894488
  • SCSB-1366030
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library